OBJECTIVES
To compare the detection of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in lung transplant recipients by clinic pulmonary function laboratory measurement and home spirometry.
DESIGN
The subjects served as their own control group.
SETTING
A university-based thoracic transplant center.
SUBJECTS
Forty-five lung transplant recipients (26 women and 19 men; average +/- SD age, 47.7+/-11.4 years old at the time of transplantation). Lung function declined to at least BOS stage 1 in 17 of… CONTINUE READING